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The Golden CompassFollow

2007 • PG-13 • 1h 53m • Adventure, Family, Fantasy • New Line Cinema

There are worlds beyond our own. The compass will show the way.

🍅 42% 51%

51

2.74

6.1

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$25.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$70.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$372.00M

$302.00M international

Domestic legs2.7x

Budget$180M

2007 rank#38

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Cast & crew

Full Weitz filmography

Chris Weitz

Chris Weitz Director

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman Starring

Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig Starring

Freddie Highmore

Freddie Highmore Starring

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen Starring

ScreenplayChris Weitz Produced byBill Carraro, Deborah Forte CinematographyHenry Braham MusicAlexandre Desplat StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 7-9 1 $25.8M — 3,528 $7,308 $25.8M

2 Dec 14-16 3 $8.8M −66% 3,528 $2,501 $40.8M

3 Dec 21-23 7 $4.5M −48% 2,953 $1,540 $49.0M

4 Dec 28-30 12 $4.7M +3% 1,935 $2,420 $58.8M

5 Jan 4-6 14 $2.9M −39% 1,611 $1,783 $65.7M

6 Jan 11-13 22 $1.1M −61% 816 $1,374 $67.5M

7 Jan 18-20 24 $479.7K −57% 340 $1,410 $68.3M

8 Jan 25-27 31 $350.0K −27% 289 $1,211 $68.9M

9 Feb 1-3 33 $275.0K −21% 288 $954 $69.3M

10 Feb 8-10 37 $250.3K −9% 251 $997 $69.6M

11 Feb 15-17 41 $137.1K −45% 206 $665 $69.8M

12 Feb 22-24 45 $91.9K −33% 152 $604 $70.0M

13 Feb 29-Mar 2 49 $62.4K −32% 112 $557 $70.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 7 #1 $8.7M — $8.7M 3,528 $2,463 1

Sat Dec 8 #1 $10.3M +18% $19.0M 3,528 $2,911 2

Sun Dec 9 #1 $6.8M −34% $25.8M 3,528 $1,934 3

Mon Dec 10 #1 $1.7M −75% $27.5M 3,528 $482 4

Tue Dec 11 #1 $1.6M −3% $29.1M 3,528 $466 5

Wed Dec 12 #1 $1.4M −14% $30.6M 3,528 $402 6

Thu Dec 13 #1 $1.3M −11% $31.9M 3,528 $357 7

Fri Dec 14 #3 $2.7M +111% −69% $34.6M 3,528 $755 8

Sat Dec 15 #3 $3.7M +39% −64% $38.3M 3,528 $1,050 9

Sun Dec 16 #3 $2.5M −34% −64% $40.8M 3,528 $697 10

Mon Dec 17 #3 $855.0K −65% −50% $41.6M 3,528 $242 11

Tue Dec 18 #3 $890.0K +4% −46% $42.5M 3,528 $252 12

Wed Dec 19 #3 $930.0K +4% −35% $43.4M 3,528 $264 13

Thu Dec 20 #3 $995.0K +7% −21% $44.4M 3,528 $282 14

Fri Dec 21 #8 $1.4M +37% −49% $45.8M 2,953 $462 15

Sat Dec 22 #7 $1.8M +29% −53% $47.6M 2,953 $595 16

Sun Dec 23 #8 $1.4M −19% −42% $49.0M 2,953 $484 17

Mon Dec 24 #6 $1.0M −30% +17% $50.0M 2,953 $339 18

Tue Dec 25 #12 $1.4M +38% +55% $51.4M 2,953 $467 19

Wed Dec 26 #11 $1.8M +28% +89% $53.5M 2,953 $596 20

Thu Dec 27 #12 $1.4M −21% +39% $54.6M 2,953 $469 21

Fri Dec 28 #12 $1.6M +14% +15% $56.2M 2,266 $694 22

Wed Jan 2 #11 $795.0K — −55% $62.0M 1,953 $407 27

Thu Jan 3 #11 $705.0K −11% −49% $62.8M 1,953 $361 28

Fri Jan 4 #14 $809.0K +15% −49% $63.6M 1,611 $502 29

Mon Jan 21 #24 $127.7K — $68.4M 340 $375 46

Mon Feb 18 #33 $37.8K — $69.9M 206 $184 74

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$68.4M

Dec 7Dec 13Dec 20Dec 26Jan 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $250.3K

$25.8M

$8.8M

$4.5M

$4.7M

$2.9M

$1.1M

$479.7K

$350.0K

$275.0K

$250.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,528 → 340 −90.4%

3,528 open340 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −9%

−66%

W1→2

−48%

W2→3

+3%

W3→4

−39%

W4→5

−61%

W5→6

−57%

W6→7

−27%

W7→8

−21%

W8→9

−9%

W9→10

Steepest −66%Biggest gain +3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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